79: The Secret History of Chemical Weapons: Salisbury, Spies and Deadly Poisons

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Fri, 26 June

79: The Secret History of Chemical Weapons: Salisbury, Spies and Deadly Poisons

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Gordon Corera

John Tregoning

There’s no good way to die… but some methods are far more sinister than others. Biological and chemical weapons have been banned since the 1925 Geneva Convention, yet secret programmes have persisted, with spies attempting to infiltrate them or use these agents as deadly tools. The Salisbury area holds a unique place in this shadowy history, from the research labs at Porton Down to the Novichok poisoning in 2018. Join Gordon Corera, host of The Rest is Classified podcast, and Professor in Vaccine Immunology at Imperial and author of Infectious, John Tregoning, for a gripping discussion of the history, science, and covert operations behind these weapons. Follow the chilling journey from the conventional battlefield into the hidden world of espionage.